Eindimensionale Plasmaströmung in gekreuzten elektrischen und magnetischen Feldern

An investigation was made of a steady, one-dimensional plasma flow in crossed electric and magnetic fields. The interaction between the flow and the fields causes various flow types. In general, the flow is either supersonic or subsonic in the entire channel. Under certain circumstances, however, a transsonic flow may develop. Finally, flows exist with a steady shock front, the position and strength of which depend on the magnetic field strength and the pressure at the end of the tube.